Chapter 177 A Beneficial Misunderstanding

"Sit down."

A simple invitation that sounded like an order.

Lu Yunkai sat down obediently.

Because the person opposite him was the person he respected most in the entire Hogwarts, Snape.

It was already the end of December, and Christmas was coming.

Recently, Lu Yunkai was busy again, which was not uncommon.

Classes, homework, dancing practice, and the resurrection ritual research that was put back on the agenda after being reminded by Chris made Lu Yunkai's schedule full.

So he really didn't have the energy to think about what Snape wanted to find him for.

"Are you going home for Christmas this year?"

Snape pulled out a piece of paper from his desk as if chatting. It was the Christmas holiday statistics list for this year.

"Well. What?"

"Guests from Durmstrang and Beauxbatons will stay in Hogwarts for the Christmas holiday. You may be the only one among the warriors who will leave..."

"Oh."

"... Don't you think it's inappropriate?" Snape was a little helpless about Lu Yunkai's indifference.

He was probably the only person in Slytherin who knew how little Lu Yunkai cared about the Triwizard Tournament, except for Lu Yunkai himself.

"What's inappropriate? What does it have to do with me whether they leave or not?"

"...So, let's make it clear." Snape threw the paper back into the pile, "Why are you leaving school?"

"It's vacation! Can you still..."

Can you still go and see Voldemort? Hmm.

"Some people think you might want to use this holiday to leave school and get some off-site help to help you win the Triwizard Tournament..."

"Who? Madame Maxime? Professor Karkaroff?"

"...Whoever it is, considering the fairness of the competition, the headmaster suggested that I persuade you not to leave Hogwarts during this Christmas holiday." Snape shook his head, "Since you are a warrior representing Hogwarts, it is better to study your challenge more instead of spending so much energy on some inexplicable things, such as some ancient evil rituals..."

"...Do you know what I asked Fleur?"

"Fleur told her headmaster, and Madame Maxime still has a basic judgment on what a ritual that uses both blood and flesh is." Snape said with a straight face, "I know you may want to transfer the curse on Greengrass through a living doll, but unfortunately, the Ministry of Magic is not Will allow such a thing to happen in England? If so, it can only be in Azkaban. "

"... What transfer curse?"

"Don't play dumb. Although I taught you the brain block technique, it doesn't mean you can lie to me at will." Snape narrowed his eyes and looked serious, "After learning the reason why you wanted to do this, whether it was the headmaster or Madame Maxime, they said that they could forget about it, but... this matter is over for you. Your only problem now is the golden egg. You are the only Triwizard Tournament contestant who has not yet solved the secret..."

"How is it possible! A few days ago, Harry told me that he hadn't solved it either! He couldn't lie to me!"

"Can he be considered a contestant? He just sneaked in to save his life because the contract could not be cancelled. You are the representative of Hogwarts! ! "

"..."

If you say so, we let a non-contestant win the first place in the first round??

"I'll give you another week." Snape said with a straight face, "After the Christmas ball, if you still can't solve the secret of the golden egg, I will doubt whether you are studying hard in Hogwarts. At that time, your homework will become more and more..."

"...I understand." Hearing that Snape was going to use homework as a threat, Lu Yunkai sighed helplessly.

Despicable professor! !

"I believe that with your brain, as long as you 'immerse' yourself in it, you can solve the secret in less than a day. If you can't do it, it's just that you are not serious." Snape was going to end the conversation, "I will change your application to go home. During the Christmas vacation, you should stay in school and think about how to face the next game for me."

"But..."

"Regarding Greengrass's matter, the headmaster said that he can help you ask some of his old friends. But...you know, it depends on your performance in the Triwizard Tournament!"

"...Okay."

Lu Yunkai smiled bitterly and walked out of Snape's office with his head down.

I really wasn't thinking about helping Daphne transfer the curse on her, I was just worried about Voldemort...

Wait a minute!! Transfer the curse? ? Substitute? ?

Curse? ?

Lu Yunkai suddenly felt a window open in front of him.

...

"Meow? You mean, you think Voldemort is cursed?"

"Isn't it? You've seen the bird he looks like now, half dead... I wouldn't be surprised if you say he was cursed."

On the bed in the dormitory, Lu Yunkai crossed his legs and looked at Chris who had just been pulled up by him, and said seriously.

"Meow, you have to understand, but Voldemort said that it was the magic he cast that made him immortal..."

"He cursed himself!"

"Who would curse himself!! "

"What if the curse allows people to live forever?" Lu Yunkai said seriously, "What if the curse allows a person's soul to float in the world after death and can only attach to other things... In our East, there are generally two exclusive names for this kind of thing, wandering ghosts and ghosts. And there is also a special curse: I won't let you go even if I become a ghost!"

"Meow, although I don't know what you are talking about, I still don't believe that Voldemort would curse himself." Chris shook his head, "Although I hate him, I have to admit that he is the smartest and most accomplished wizard of the time. He has no need to curse in this way..."

"Then don't call it a curse, call it a blessing!" Lu Yunkai waved his hand, "Or any other name? As long as he can live forever, he is not the kind of person who cares what the magic is called. Just like you, do you care whether the money is earned from a murderer or a moral guardian?"

"Meow." Chris seemed to be convinced by Lu Yunkai a little bit.

"And I thought of another thing." Seeing that he had actually convinced Chris, Lu Yunkai became more and more excited. "Voldemort's notebook should have been made by him when he was very young, right?"

"Yes! I heard from Ginny that he called himself Tom Riddle in it. You know, he stopped using this name soon after graduating from Hogwarts. His hatred for his Muggle father is the root of his hatred for all Muggles. How could he be willing to still use his last name..."

"He was born in an orphanage, just like me, right? Before entering Hogwarts, he also had no place to contact magic..."

"Meow ! ! What on earth do you want to say! ? "

"I just came back to my senses. I seem to have been complicating the problem." Lu Yunkai's expression became very sincere. "Because Voldemort is so powerful and omniscient, I have always suspected that the secret of his immortality may be a secret that does not exist in the cognition of British wizards, a powerful magic that only he knows... But the problem is, if he was just an apprentice wizard at Hogwarts when he used this magic for the first time, how could he create such a powerful magic? "

"Meow, so he must have learned it from somewhere... the forbidden book area! ! "Chris also reacted instantly.

"Yes! It can only be there! Maybe it is a very dangerous, very evil, and even has many side effects. But at that time, he wanted to be immortal and didn't understand it at all, and didn't care so much, so he used that kind of magic on himself. "Lu Yunkai nodded, "His secret must be hidden in a corner of a forbidden book, waiting for me to discover, and now that I have mastered so many clues..."

Speaking of this, Lu Yunkai smiled.

"...I think it's time for me to do it myself and uncover his secret."

...

"Brother-in-law, how is it?"

"...This dress is a little big for you."

"If my sister knew you said she was fat, she would be very angry!" Astoria turned around with a smile.

Lu Yunkai was not talking about the whole, but... forget it. And the girl in front of him was enough to make him stunned.

He didn't know whether to say that the long dress that Mrs. Zabini helped him pick was beautiful, or... this long dress was beautiful.

But Lu Yunkai felt that this long dress seemed to be more suitable for Astoria than for Daphne...

Ah! What am I thinking! !

"Okay, stop talking nonsense, let's go to the auditorium! After the opening dance, I have to go to accompany your sister!"

"...Ah! You are going to dance with me for one dance and then leave me? What am I going to do?"

"So do you think I will dance with you all night and leave your sister alone in the infirmary? What am I going to do?" Lu Yunkai glared at Astoria, "Okay, stop talking nonsense... Anyway, you are beautiful enough today."

"Hehe, by the way, brother-in-law, do me a favor and put this necklace on me."

"...Why did your sister give you this too?"

Lu Yunkai looked at the necklace with the Confusion Spell in Astoria's hand with an absurd face.

That was one of Daphne's treasures! Even compared to the pair of bell flower ear clips and the bell flower hairpin, this necklace was the only thing she never left!

"I actually want her to give it to me! She just borrowed it." Astoria seemed a little dissatisfied with her sister's stinginess. "She said that since I was accompanying you to the dance for her, she should let me wear this necklace. Then I might look more like her..."

"...Aren't you angry?"

"What's there to be angry about? I was just going there for her!" Astoria said as a matter of course, "If the pair of bell flower earrings you gave her weren't so ugly, she would have wanted me to wear them!"

"..."

Lu Yunkai helped Astoria put on the necklace.

Obviously, there were some changes on her face.

Yes, but not much. Compared to Daphne, it can even be seen that there is no change.

Although Lu Yunkai didn't want to admit it, Astoria was indeed a little more beautiful than her sister...

But now after wearing this necklace, the two sisters are almost the same. It can even be said that they are poured from the same mold.

No wonder Daphne wanted her to wear this necklace to the ball! At first glance, it really looks like he took Daphne with him.

But... this girl really doesn't mind? ?

"... Oh! I'm not that sensitive!!" Astoria looked at Lu Yunkai's weird expression and laughed, "I understand! ! You two have a good relationship, which is good for me! This way I can ask you for money with confidence! Isn't it, brother-in-law..."

"... Tell me! What do you want?"

"Hehe! Great!" Astoria saw that Lu Yunkai was very understanding, and nodded with satisfaction, "My mother's letter to me said that Zabini Magic Item Store recently started selling the kind of mirror you used to contact your sister before. It's very expensive, 30,000 gold galleons per piece, and you have to make an order. She bought one to give to her father as a gift, so she couldn't give it to me as a Christmas gift... Look, tomorrow is Christmas..."

"Here." Lu Yunkai simply took out a mirror and handed it to Astoria.

"Oh, I don't have anywhere to put it now! And since it's a gift, why don't you wrap it up!"

"...Okay! I'll get it ready for you later in the evening."

"Hehe, thank you brother-in-law..."

"Let's go! Let's go to the dance!"

"Well! Brother-in-law, come on! I want to be the focus of the audience tonight."

"Don't worry, you will be!"

"Hehe..."